GamesCom 2009 in Cologne

[Stoney]

I just returned from my exhausting trip from GamesCom 2009 in Cologne. Actually, I returned yesterday night, but I was so tired that I went straight to bed.

I was there as a reporter for GamersGlobal (http://www.gamersglobal.de) and of course played some of the cool games that were being presented.

Here are some pictures:
(Click on the pictures to enlarge)

My press ID:
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(The holy grail of journalism ;) )

Pictures from Thursday and Friday:
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Saturday, 8:30 AM
(Nobody's there yet, except for the crew. It opens at 9:00 AM)
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Saturday, 11:30 AM
(I would say that's crowded)
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[Traveler]

Nice! What games were to able to try? Starcraft 2 perhaps?

[Stoney]

Well, there were a lot of games that were able to be tested by the public audience:
Blizzard
Diablo 3
StarCraft 2
Both Diablo 3 and StarCraft 2 could be played for 20 minutes and I was impressed by both games espacially the StarCraft single player campaign was exactly as I expected it. :)

EA
Need for Speed
The Saboteur
Dead Space
Dragon Age: Origins
Rock Band
Guitar Hero
DJ Hero

Ubisoft
Newest Raving Rabbids game
Ruse

Microsoft
Windows 7 (I know it's not really a game ;) )
Newest Halo

And there were some other games like Lego Rock Band, Nintendo Wii games, Century: Blood of Europe and so on.
There were also a lot of presentation like for Command & Conquer 4, Avatar, Bioshock 2 and many more.


For most of these games you needed to wait in line (if you don't have press badge) up to 4 hours.